Sustained Investigation
15 digital images; some may be details, sketches, and/or process images | 60% of portfolio score
In this portion of your portfolio you must create a body of work that demonstrates a sustained investigation of a specific idea or question.
Students will submit images and writing to document their inquiry-guided investigation through practice, experimentation, and revision:
Typed responses to prompts, providing information about the questions that guided their investigation and how they practiced, experimented, and revised, guided by their questions.
In this portion of your portfolio you must create a body of work that demonstrates a sustained investigation of a specific idea or question.
Students will submit images and writing to document their inquiry-guided investigation through practice, experimentation, and revision:
Typed responses to prompts, providing information about the questions that guided their investigation and how they practiced, experimented, and revised, guided by their questions.
A concentration is a body of related works that:
• Grows out of a coherent plan of action or investigation
• Is unified by an underlying idea that has visual and/or conceptual coherence
• Is based on individual interest in a particular visual idea
• Is focused on a process of investigation, growth, and discovery
• Shows the development of a visual language appropriate for the subject
• Grows out of a coherent plan of action or investigation
• Is unified by an underlying idea that has visual and/or conceptual coherence
• Is based on individual interest in a particular visual idea
• Is focused on a process of investigation, growth, and discovery
• Shows the development of a visual language appropriate for the subject
Example Inquiry Questions
How can texture and color influence the perception of life and death though 3D works of art?
How do different cultures view gender differences and how are these bodies represented?
What happens if we change the function of everyday objects?
What would the human experience of fear look and feel if it were a tangible object?
What is the relationship of exterior and interior spaces in architecture?
How are the aspects of oneself expressed in the human figure?
How can I explore movement with stationary objects?
Where, how, and why do cultures intersect?
How can I effectively communicate my family history through narrative assemblage?
How does the meaning of an object change when it is juxtaposed with other objects?
How would organic aspects of nature look if they were geometric in form?
Why is ritual important to some people and not to others?
What does our waste say about the way we live?
Why are dress codes more restrictive for females?
How can texture and color influence the perception of life and death though 3D works of art?
How do different cultures view gender differences and how are these bodies represented?
What happens if we change the function of everyday objects?
What would the human experience of fear look and feel if it were a tangible object?
What is the relationship of exterior and interior spaces in architecture?
How are the aspects of oneself expressed in the human figure?
How can I explore movement with stationary objects?
Where, how, and why do cultures intersect?
How can I effectively communicate my family history through narrative assemblage?
How does the meaning of an object change when it is juxtaposed with other objects?
How would organic aspects of nature look if they were geometric in form?
Why is ritual important to some people and not to others?
What does our waste say about the way we live?
Why are dress codes more restrictive for females?
Other Resources
AP Art and Design Digital Exhibit
College Board Sustained Investigation Sample Portfolios
Scoring Rubrics
Student Art Guide
AP Art and Design Digital Exhibit
College Board Sustained Investigation Sample Portfolios
Scoring Rubrics
Student Art Guide